Tomato and Pomegranate Salad

Happy 2015 everyone! I hope you all enjoyed the holiday season. I love all of the festivities and eating events that this season presents, but have to admit that I (especially my waistline) am relieved when the New Year arrives, and I can focus once again, on fresh, healthy meals. It seems that as much as I am determined not to over-indulge in sweet, rich food at Christmas time, I am lured into eye-popping calorie counts with not enough time to exercise it all off! So today I am welcoming the New Year with a divine salad that I discovered in Yotam Ottolenghi’s latest cookbook, “Plenty More”. Let me assure you, that you can load your plate high with this delicious, colourful salad, and not have to worry about running a marathon to burn it off. Another advantage is that if you are still celebrating the holidays, it is gorgeously festive. I hope you all enjoy it.

I will be bringing a big bowl of my salad over to Angie’s Fiesta Friday to share with my blogging friends. I know that many of them will appreciate a lighter dish after all of the rich food we have been consuming. Please come and join us at The Novice Gardener and Happy New Year to you all!

When I read this title I thought tomatoes AND pomegranates? Love both but not together. Then I saw the source and well all was right with the world. Love Ottolenghi and his bold combinations of flavors. Gorgeous salad I will have to try. Happy New and Healthy Year, Juliana!

I’ve made this and I absolutely love it! My mouth is watering at the thought and sight! Mmm….I need to find me a source for good tomatoes. I get spoiled with my homegrown tomatoes, but unless I get myself a greenhouse, I’d better get used to store bought ones around this time 🙂

Oh, you are so lucky to have homegrown tomatoes, Angie! But, tomatoes don’t grow too well in the snow, do they? Are you buried in snow yet? We’re expecting some this weekend… Hey, Happy New Year to you and thanks so much for Fiesta Friday and all that you do for us! 😀

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This is a very refreshing and healthy salad to have after all the holiday indulgences….Thank you Foodie on Board for sharing this wonderful recipe. Happy New Year Everyone!

Happy 2015 to you as well. I love the colors in this salad, so beautiful! And, the combination of tomatoes and pomegranates will be so refreshing. Maybe some of the vitamins in this dish will help us fight off the array of winter illnesses making the rounds. I’m certain this dish will be eaten up quickly by our party-goers, as it is a nice change from the heavy food we’ve been eating lately. (Although, rich food is always a special treat!) Thank you so much for bringing your light and refreshing salad to the fiesta! 🙂

I am about to board a plane home from Asia to Australia, something about long haul flights has me craving beautiful fresh foods, don’t suppose you’ve figured out the beam me up thing huh? I could go a bowl of this. Yarm! 🙂